Players

Rhône-Alpes Genopole was started in 2000, bringing together:

• Université Claude Bernard – Lyon 1 (UCB)
• Université Joseph Fourier – Grenoble 1 (UJF)
• CEA-Grenoble (CEA)
• Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS-Lyon)
• Inria Rhône-Alpes
• The Rhône-Alpes Futur Foundation

Context

Rhône-Alpes Genopole supports and promotes research programmes in genomics, on a regional, national and international scale, by setting up and developing technology platforms accessible to academic and industrial research laboratories. It has three missions:

• A scientific mission to develop international-grade genomics research on a large scale;
• A mission to capitalize on genomic research, through technology transfer, biotechnology start-ups, or attracting existing biotechnology firms;
• An educational mission designed to bring teaching into line with recent developments in genomics, with as a second priority a drive to inform society as a whole.

Programme

Rhône-Alpes Genopole's scientific programme is exploring three lines of research:

• Exploratory genomics, in Lyon and Grenoble, to develop research and applications for biocomputing, to better understand the structure and function of genomes, in particular thanks to the study of the transcriptome and proteome, and comparative genomics;
• Analytical and structural proteomics, mainly based in Grenoble at the future National analytical and structural Proteomics Resource Centre (CNRP), seeks to determine the diversity and function of proteic complexes, by combining high-throughput mass spectrometry analysis, structural and functional analysis of proteins, and biocomputing;
• Functional exploration of genes, essentially in Lyon, studies the physiological role of genes in living organisms drawing on a combination of experimental genetics and in vivo phenotyping, using non-invasive technologies such as metabolic or histopathological analysis, and imaging. This part of the programme centres on Animage, a multimodal imaging platform for small mammals, surrounded by the Anigene, Animet and Anipath platforms.

Status

Research foundation

Your AEPI contact: Joëlle Seux

More info : www.rhone-alpes-genopole

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